netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 4/4] etf: Drop all expired packets

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Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:40:37 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vinicius.gomes@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jesus.sanchez-palencia@...el.com,
        jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        jesus.s.palencia@...il.com, ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 4/4] etf: Drop all expired packets

From: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:26:35 -0800

> From: Jesus Sanchez-Palencia <jesus.sanchez-palencia@...el.com>
> 
> Currently on dequeue() ETF only drops the first expired packet, which
> causes a problem if the next packet is already expired. When this
> happens, the watchdog will be configured with a time in the past, fire
> straight way and the packet will finally be dropped once the dequeue()
> function of the qdisc is called again.
> 
> We can save quite a few cycles and improve the overall behavior of the
> qdisc if we drop all expired packets if the next packet is expired.
> This should allow ETF to recover faster from bad situations. But
> packet drops are still a very serious warning that the requirements
> imposed on the system aren't reasonable.
> 
> This was inspired by how the implementation of hrtimers use the
> rb_tree inside the kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesus Sanchez-Palencia <jesus.s.palencia@...il.com>

Applied.